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Heroic voices of the Spanish Civil War, memories from the International Brigades, Peter Darman

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

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index present

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Heroic voices of the Spanish Civil War

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Peter Darman

memories from the International Brigades

"This book is concerned with the first-hand accounts of those who fought in the International Brigades in the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). As such, the war itself necessarily becomes a back-drop to the eyewitness narratives. That said, a broad outline of the war and the international events around it are useful to place those eyewitness accounts into context, and to explain why so many foreigners were fighting in Spain during the Civil War"--Introduction

Introduction -- Reasons for volunteering -- Enlistment -- Getting to Spain -- Turning volunteers into fighters -- Battle for Madrid -- The battle of Jarama -- The battle of Brunete -- The Battle of Teruel -- Fighting on the Ebro -- Away from the fighting -- Prisoners of war -- Withdrawal -- Reflections